Colum Eastwood MP: votes, interests and costs
Colum Eastwood represents Foyle in the House of Commons for Social Democratic & Labour Party and has done since 12 December 2019.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Colum Eastwood; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill | 28 June 2021 | 6 July 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c60ad8bec7e2.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Colum Eastwood: Visits outside the UK (1), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 21 October 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Lebanon between 06 October 2025 and 10 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-06
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-10
Unpaid Directorship of New Ireland Commission Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-08-30
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £250,786 for Colum Eastwood in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £223,336. IPSA lists office spending of £29,117 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £250,786.34 | £223,336.13 | £219,805.82 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,116.60 | £27,622.33 | £28,532.59 |
| Accommodation: spent | £26,184.51 | £29,409.87 | £34,218.53 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £21,779.90 | £31,467.82 | £39,446.51 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £42,650 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Foyle CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Caseworker (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent part time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 210 votes by Colum Eastwood in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 26 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 20 January 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Colum Eastwood voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 61 written questions have been tabled by Colum Eastwood, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Treasury.
Motability Scheme: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered reducing the age range for the motability scheme telematics system to 25.
Motability Scheme: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of motability cars handed back as a result of the introduction of telematics systems for younger drivers.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will review the decision to withhold documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s role as UK Special Representative for Trade and Industry until 2065.
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett allocation is for Northern Ireland from business rates and licensing reform for pubs announced on 27 January 2026.
Child Benefit: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 October 2025 to Question 85934, if HMRC utilised or was given access to passenger name records as part of the Data Usage Agreement with the Home Office.
Lebanon: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Israel: Lebanon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the statement of 14 November 2025 by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon that Israel’s wall in southern Lebanon has crossed the Blue L …
Israel: Lebanon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart about Israel’s occupation of parts of south Lebanon.
Lebanon: Ceasefires
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help ensure a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Israel: Lebanon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart about the continued Israeli bombing in south Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2a71f98514e4. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Colum Eastwood.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Foyle returned Colum Eastwood with a majority of 4,166: 15,647 votes, 40.8% of those cast, against 11,481 for Sandra Duffy. Result as published: SDLP hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Foyle figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.